St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-27
were exchanging shots with him. They
will capture him dead or alive.
DULUTH MATTERS.
The --latest Society Events---The
Daily Budget of News.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. 26.-The we'd
ding of Harry johnson and Miss Carrie
Monkey, both colored, took place this
evening at the residence of J. N. Richey.
The affair was the leading society event
in colOred circles during the year. A
large number of guests were present
and valuable gifts were received.
President w. Ii. Fisher and Vice
President w. III. Rawhn, of the st. Paul
q Duluth railway, are in the city in
speeding the company'S docks, ware
houses and trackage with a view to
doubling the present capacity during
the winter season.
A lumber deal of extraordinary di-
mansions is in progress here. PrOmi-
nent lumbermen and manufacturers
from Saginaw, Milwaukee, Chicago,
Chippewa Falls, Oshkosh, Minneapolis
and other places are here, but refuse to
be interviewed. 1t is limited that in adj
dition to the important deal alluded to,
that gigantic pool is being formed to
control the price and productions.
A sale is now pending and virtually
closed of half interest in valuable iron
lands on VermiliOn range, near Du-
luth, from the consolidated Vermilion
company, to English capitalists. for
S3,0O0,000 The land comprises 2,4OO
acres of valuable iron properties, some
OF which has already been partially de-
yeloped. New purchasers, who are rep
resented by Parent & Hendrickson, of
Minneapolis, are wealthy syndicate
and are negotiating for other valuable
property on the Iron range. They pro-
pose to put in machinery for developing
the mines and for building spur tracks
from the line, now building, of the Iron
Range road If necessary, and have $780,
90 additional laid aside for that pur-
pose. The deal is one of the most i'm
portant ever made on the Vermflion
range, and is second in ultimate i'm
portance only to the sale of the Mime
sofa Iron Company d Iron Range road
short time ago.
MERELY MENTIONED.
Illegal sellers of whisky are causing a great
deal of trouble on and adjacent to new min
ing localities on the Vermilion range. The
difficulty of reaching these culprits will lead
the town board of Ely to issue license to sell
inside the village limits, and strict watch
will be kept over the sellers.
Hon. Roswell P. Flower, New York; Hon.
Phlletus Sawyer, of Oshkosh; Isaac II. Wing,
of Bayfield,; George III. Ball, of Boston:
Henry Folger, OF Toronto; o. W Potter. e. O.
Potter, j. K. Sterling, j. c. Morse. of Chicago,
and Henry Seibert, of New York are a few of
the prominent visitors in the city.
The Eaton d Merritt mining troubles bid
fair to be adjusted and settled by the pur-
chase of the property by the Minnesota Iron
company. This will throw another rich
mine into the ranks of the producing ones
OF 1888.
The Indian bureau at Washington has
given up all hopes of finding George Bell
late Indian agent on the Vermilion. alive
and will probably appoint Fred Colby, Of
Tower. to the position. 1t will be remem-
bered by GLOBE readers that Bells canoe
was found capsiZed some weeks ago on Lake
Nermilion. and no trace of him has been
seen since.
Officers of the Minnesota Iron company
now i'll Duluth, say that shipments from their
united mines next season will approximate if
not exceed, ,4O0, 900 tons of iron ore.
F. J. Firth, president of the Anchor line Of
steamers, and j. Z. Evans, the Western man
ager of the line. are in the city, looking over
the prospect of securing dock and ship
facilities.
c. NJ. CuShman, of Bismarck, an early resi-
dent of Duluth, has settled here again.
Fifteen million feet of pine in township
51-2l was sold by Matthias Haugh to George
G.. Swallow, of Milwaukee for So, 900 cash.
Yesterday the Duluth & Iron Range rail-
road brought suit in the district court to con-
denim twenty acres of land now owned by
Thomas Feigh in the town of Two HarborS
The property is very valuable.
About thirty members of the Duluth Boat
club, with their wives and friends. left this
afternoon to attend the Lurline reception in
Minneapolis.
HARRIsoN's REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
Harrison's real estate exchange has over
Sl5O,00O inside property in Superior Can
be bought at one-third of its real value, as it
must be sold. Hotel ST. Louis building.